Also URTX-Phenix Cheese, SLRX-St. Louis Refrigerator Car
Company (white sides), and URTX- Nucoa Best Foods (below).
In addition to their colorful sides, the reefers feature vertical
brake shafts, wood running boards, working ice hatches, and
Bettendorf-style 40-ton solid-bearing trucks. The ready-to-run
cars have an MSRP of $24.95 each. An undecorated model lists
for $13.95.
Atlas has sched-
uled a second pro-
duction run of its
N scale Trainman®
series 5250 cu ft
hopper car for
release in the third
quarter of 2013.
Three numbers each will be available for Atlantic & Western;
BFGX (blue body); Continental Polymers; Gulf (above); Eastman
Chemical; General
America; Lifeline
Foods; Monsanto;
Elgin, Joliet &
Eastern; and Borg
Warner (below).
The ready-
to-run four-bay covered hopper cars have an MSRP of
$16.95. Undecorated versions will have a list price of $12.95.
Blair Line
) has released a craftsman kit for Walnut
Grove Depot, a structure that features a pagoda-style roof with
flared eaves. Construction details include laser-cut floor, sub-
roof, interior and exterior walls, with tab-and-slot connections.
News column - 18
MRH-Mar 2013
